Terry Townshend
Regular vagrant
Interesting sightings above! Great to hear what's being seen.
I've gotten another look at newly arrived warblers. As China Guy says, the season for headaches (and ... he mentioned something else which escapes my mind ) has arrived.
Today I had a fortunate view from above of a small warbler. This is what I saw:
- very erratic flight, changing directions quickly, not quite hovering, but almost
- one full and one small wingbar
- very light, white? (not yellow?) rump visible in flight
- little or no coronal stripe
Perhaps Hume's or Yellow Brow? Other key features to look for? (Little by little I'm seeing more on these fast moving guys.) Not sure which ones should be here yet....
Thanks for any ideas.
P.S. Am adding a sound file from a bird on Monday, which seemed similar (especially flight pattern) but looked yellower - not sure if that was bird or yellow willow flowers it was in. Repeated this song pattern quite a bit.
(If you're interested in the sound file in wav or another format instead, let me know...)
Hi Gretchen,
I can't seem to download your sound file properly, which is strange given it's a .mp3 file. Probably down to my (lack of) IT expertise...
If your bird had a pale rump, I suspect it was either a Pallas's or a Chinese Leaf. Yellow-browed and Hume's don't have pale rumps.
The phylloscs are a tricky bunch!
Terry